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I just wrote to Jon StatsMuller and told him that you could always tell the fantasy year you've had by what your wife's arms are doing.
If they're extended, that means you've won.
If they're crossed, that means you've lost.
My wife's arms are crossed.
I feel like Fred Flintstone when the cat put HIM out for the night.

It's hard not having a good fantasy year. We slipped the ring on our team in March, said our vows, and never expected a bad divorce.
But, that is what a bad year feels like. I won a couple of DC's, but failure in the 'real events' make those wins feel like the deer hunter who comes home with a couple of squirrels.
"Hey! At least we're not going hungry, Honey!"
If I were smart, I would have changed my name to 'Schrenyon'. It seems like the big winners had names that started with S-c-h-r'. I should have saw that coming!


Pitching. I never did get pitching right this year. It seemed like each Starter was conspiring against me.
"Ol Dan's starting me today, what a dumbass!"
I think each of my pitchers said that on their facebook page.
Some would tease. Pitch great for five innings, then remember I started him, and have a final line of 5 1/3 ip, 6 h, 5er, 2bb, no decision.
And even if they did pitch well, I would wonder how that bullpen would blow the Win.
One reliever was very inventive and did it with a balk.
Kudo's!
Bastard.

I had Tyson Ross this year. Ross had a decent year.
I follow each of my players as I'm sure most do.
Ross is a tough one to follow.
We think we have a built-in advantage in drafting a Padres pitcher because they play in Jellystone Park.
We tend to forget that Ross' offensive teammates also play in that park.
I don't know how many of Ross' games were 0-0, 1-0, or 1-1 scores going into the later innings, but it seemed like it was a lot.
Those games just suck for an owner.
I know, I know, it's better than 4-4.
But a guy like Ross is good enough that he won't be in many 4-4 games before the fifth inning.
Watching San Diego not score for Ross or a team like the Braves not score for Shelby Miller is freaking maddening!
It's like watching Joey Votto have a 10 pitch walk with runners on second and third!
Broadcasters are telling us how great Ross, Miller, and Votto are. In the meantime, their owners are flipping middle fingers.

Anyway, I've got to do a better job in figuring out pitching.
Otherwise, I'll have to make two squirrels last the whole winter again.
And I have to figure it out soon.
It's not as easy as finding a guy with a great pitching park.
It's not about quality starts.
And it's not about their team.
It's not even about their arms.
It's about my wife's arms.

Good write up.

My wife's arms are crossed every year in baseball. I don't know why I put myself through it. Love the game of baseball, and participating in a couple of satellite leagues makes life more interesting, but the wins haven't been there.

On to football. Demarco Murray and Chip Kelly are doing me some major damage already.....

Schronyon (rhymes with onion)

Dan, you may have noticed my absence from the Main Event in 2013 and 2014. My last appearance was in 2012. That season, my two teams finished in 370th and 409th place (out of 420 teams). Completely pitiful. Truth be told, the experience was so humiliating that I almost quit playing fantasy baseball. Instead of retiring, I chose to focus on a smaller number of leagues and hone my skills. I quickly realized that I had been approaching the game entirely wrong, primarily by not putting enough emphasis on in-season management. Sure enough, the overall results the last couple of years have been much improved, and obviously all came together this year.

With that said, who knows? Next year I could be right back in the bottom 10%. We are all playing for that magical season where everything breaks right. And then when it happens, you just hope the magic can be repeated at some point in the future.

Dan, what did you think of the girl calling the wildcard game?

I heard a little bit of her but mostly had game on mute. Wondered what you (and others) thought of her in light of the controversy.

KJ Duke wrote:Dan, what did you think of the girl calling the wildcard game?

I heard a little bit of her but mostly had game on mute. Wondered what you (and others) thought of her in light of the controversy.

I haven't been able to listen her yet, Kevin.
She sure has our softball park talking. Half are aghast that any woman would have that position. The other half thinking she's pretty darned good.

What little I heard wasn't overly insightful, but that it true for 99% of announcers. I did find it a bit refreshing to hear a female voice. I like that she played the game at a high level, likewise for the female NFL coach in Arizona. I hope we don't NEED to start filling slots for females in men's sports because they are female, but if they are truly good that is a different story. There are plenty of men in those roles now that should be low-hanging fruit to be picked off.